Mobile phone shell vending machine facilitating self-service printing
By designing an automated phone case vending machine that facilitates self-service printing, the convenience and timeliness issues of traditional phone case printing methods have been solved, enabling self-service sales and printing of phone cases and reducing transportation costs and risks.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520146633.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-21
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-01-21
AI Technical Summary
Traditional mobile phone case printing methods cannot provide immediate availability, lack timeliness and convenience, cannot enable on-site self-service sales, and involve high transportation costs and risks.
Design an automated phone case vending machine that facilitates self-service printing, comprising a cabinet, a dispensing slot, a selection device, a shelf, a dispensing mechanism, and a printing mechanism. The machine automatically controls the selection, dispensing, and printing processes through a controller, uses a flexible clamping printing platform to position the phone cases, and achieves precise positioning and printing of the phone cases through a three-axis moving mechanism.
It enables self-service vending and printing of phone cases, improving convenience and space utilization, adapting to different phone case models, and reducing transportation costs and risks.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to automatic vending machine technical field, concretely is a kind of mobile phone shell automatic vending machine of easy self-service printing. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the in-depth popularization of smart phone, the demand of mobile phone shell (mobile phone protective sleeve) also increases day by day, in order to highlight personality, when many consumers select mobile phone shell, the pattern printed on mobile phone shell is important consideration factor.Mobile phone shell printing, i.e.pattern printing on mobile phone shell surface, such as printing color pattern, LOGO, text, etc.The traditional mobile phone shell printing cannot realize immediate availability, consumer wants to use the pattern that oneself admires to print on mobile phone shell, generally adopts custom mode, i.e.sending pattern to third-party manufacturer, then after printing is completed, get finished product mobile phone shell, this mode has following problems: timeliness and convenience are insufficient;Increase transportation cost and high transportation risk;Cannot realize self-service selling on site, etc. INVENTION CONTENTS
[0003] In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the task of the utility model is to provide a mobile phone shell automatic vending machine convenient for self-service printing, which can realize self-service selling and printing of mobile phone shell, and is convenient for positioning mobile phone shell during printing.
[0004] The task of the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:
[0005] A mobile phone shell automatic vending machine convenient for self-service printing, comprising a cabinet, a taking opening and a selecting and purchasing device are arranged on the cabinet, a goods shelf, a taking mechanism for taking and placing and moving mobile phone shells and a printing mechanism for printing mobile phone shells are arranged in the cabinet, a controller is further arranged, the selecting and purchasing device is connected with the controller and can input selecting and purchasing information and / or payment information to the controller, the controller is connected with the taking mechanism and the printing mechanism and can control automatic operation of the taking mechanism and the printing mechanism, a plurality of storage compartments for placing mobile phone shells are arranged on the goods shelf, the taking mechanism can take out the mobile phone shell in any storage compartment and move to the printing mechanism for printing, the printing mechanism comprises a printer base, a print head and a printing platform arranged on the printer base, a front baffle, a left baffle and a right baffle are arranged on the printing platform, and a printing position for positioning mobile phone shells is formed by cooperation, and the rear side of the printing position is open to facilitate the taking mechanism to directly insert the mobile phone shell into the printing position, one of the left baffle and the right baffle is elastically connected with the printing platform, so that the left baffle and the right baffle can cooperate to elastically clamp the mobile phone shell inserted therein, and at least one of the print head and the printing platform can move relative to the printer base to enable the printing range of the print head to cover the mobile phone shell on the printing position.
[0006] Preferably, the front baffle and the right baffle are fixedly arranged on the printing platform, the left side of the left baffle is elastically connected to a fixing frame arranged on the printing platform through a spring, and the clamping surface of at least one of the left baffle and the right baffle is provided with an outwardly inclined inclined surface at the entrance of the printing position.
[0007] Preferably, the taking mechanism comprises a clamping mechanism capable of clamping the mobile phone shell and a three-axis moving mechanism capable of moving the clamp along the XYZ axis direction.
[0008] Preferably, the clamping mechanism comprises two clamping fingers arranged symmetrically left and right and capable of clamping the mobile phone shell inserted into the taking port, and a clamping driving device capable of driving the two clamping fingers to move synchronously towards or away from each other in the left-right direction.
[0009] Preferably, the end clamping surface of each of the two clamping fingers is provided with an outwardly inclined inclined surface.
[0010] Preferably, the three-axis moving mechanism comprises an X-axis moving mechanism capable of moving along the left-right direction of the cabinet, a Z-axis moving mechanism arranged on the X-axis moving mechanism and capable of moving along the height direction of the cabinet, and a Y-axis moving mechanism arranged on the Z-axis moving mechanism and capable of moving along the front-back direction of the cabinet, and the clamping mechanism is mounted on the Y-axis moving mechanism.
[0011] Preferably, the storage compartment is provided with an inner cavity for horizontally stacking and placing a plurality of mobile phone shells, the bottom of the rear side wall of the storage compartment is provided with a taking port for facilitating the two clamping fingers to extend into and clamp the lowermost mobile phone shell in the storage compartment, and the rear side wall of the storage compartment is further provided with an observation window for observing the remaining amount of mobile phone shells.
[0012] Preferably, the goods shelf is erected in the cabinet and divides the space in the cabinet into front and rear areas, the taking port is located on the front side of the goods shelf, the taking mechanism is located on the rear side of the goods shelf, and the goods shelf is further provided with at least one inclined slide, the slide communicates the front and rear areas of the goods shelf, the outlet of the slide is lower and communicates the taking port, and the taking mechanism can move the printed mobile phone shell to the inlet of the slide, so that the mobile phone shell can be automatically transported to the taking port through the slide.
[0013] Preferably, the front side of the cabinet is provided with a cabinet door, and the front side of the goods shelf is provided with at least one replenishment door, each replenishment door covering one or more storage compartments.
[0014] As a preferred technical scheme, the replenishment door is provided with a horizontal long hole and a vertical long hole corresponding to each storage compartment, the horizontal long hole is located at the bottom of the corresponding storage compartment for observing the model of the internal mobile phone shell, and the vertical long hole is used for observing the stacking height of the mobile phone shells in the storage compartment; one side of the replenishment door is hinged to the goods shelf, and the other side is provided with a magnetic attraction structure matched with the goods shelf, so that the corresponding storage compartment can be opened or closed.
[0015] Compared with the prior art, the mobile phone shell vending machine provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
[0016] 1. By setting the taking port and the selecting and purchasing device outside the cabinet, setting the goods shelf, the taking mechanism and the printing mechanism in the cabinet, the consumer can select the required model of the mobile phone shell and the required pattern to be printed (or can send the favorite pattern to the selecting and purchasing device or the controller through the mobile phone), and then the controller can automatically control the taking mechanism to take out the corresponding mobile phone shell from the goods shelf according to the set program, deliver the mobile phone shell to the printing mechanism to print the pattern and then deliver the mobile phone shell, so that the self-service vending and printing of the mobile phone shell are realized.
[0017] 2. By setting the front baffle, the left baffle and the right baffle on the printing platform, the printing position with one side opening is formed, so that the taking mechanism can directly insert the mobile phone shell into the printing position from the opening, and one of the left baffle and the right baffle is elastically connected with the printing platform, so that the left baffle and the right baffle can cooperate with the elastic clamping of the inserted mobile phone shell, so that the positioning of the mobile phone shell is realized, and the mobile phone shell of different models and different widths can be adapted.
[0018] The concept, specific structure and effects of the utility model will be further described below with reference to the drawings, so that the purpose, characteristics and effects of the utility model can be fully understood. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] Figure 1 is the external structure schematic view of the mobile phone shell vending machine in the embodiment;
[0020] Figure 2 is the internal structure schematic view of the mobile phone shell vending machine in the embodiment after the hidden cabinet door;
[0021] Figure 3 is the structure schematic view of the printing mechanism;
[0022] Figure 4 is Figure 3 is the internal structure schematic view of the mobile phone shell vending machine in the embodiment after the hidden part replenishment door;
[0023] Figure 5 is the internal structure schematic view of the mobile phone shell vending machine in the embodiment after the hidden cabinet back plate;
[0024] Figure 6 is the schematic diagram of the longitudinal section structure of the automatic vending machine for mobile phone cases at the slide in the embodiment;
[0025] Figure 7 is the schematic diagram of the cooperation structure of the clamping mechanism and the Y-axis moving mechanism.
[0026] Wherein: 1, cabinet; 11, take-out port; 12, cabinet door; 121, exhibition cavity; 122, exhibition stand; 123, transparent panel; 2, selection device; 3, shelf; 31, storage compartment; 311, take-out port; 312, observation window; 32, slide; 33, buffer channel; 34, replenishment door; 341, horizontal long hole; 342, vertical long hole; 4, taking mechanism; 41, clamping mechanism; 411, clamping finger; 412, clamping driving device; 42, X-axis moving mechanism; 43, Z-axis moving mechanism; 44, Y-axis moving mechanism; 5, printing mechanism; 51, printer seat; 52, print head; 53, printing platform; 531, front baffle; 531, left baffle; 533, right baffle; 534, spring; 535, fixing frame; 100, mobile phone case. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and not to limit the present application.
[0028] It should be noted that in the present application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, mainly for better description of the present application and its embodiments, and not for limiting the indicated devices, elements or components must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. In addition, the terms "mounting", "setting", "provided with", "connected", "connected" should be broadly understood, for example, it can be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally constructed; it can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or the internal communication between two devices, elements or components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances. EMBODIMENT
[0029] As Figures 1-7As shown, the embodiment provides a mobile phone shell 100 vending machine facilitating self-service printing, comprising a cabinet 1, the cabinet 1 is provided with a taking opening 11 and a selection device 2, the cabinet 1 is provided with a shelf 3, a taking mechanism 4 for taking and moving the mobile phone shell 100, a printing mechanism 5 for printing the mobile phone shell 100, further comprising a controller, the selection device 2 is connected with the controller and can input selection information and / or payment information to the controller, the controller is connected with the taking mechanism 4 and the printing mechanism 5 and can control the automatic operation of the taking mechanism 4 and the printing mechanism 5, the shelf 3 is provided with a plurality of storage compartments 31 for placing the mobile phone shell 100, the taking mechanism 4 can take out the mobile phone shell 100 in any storage compartment 31 and move to the printing mechanism 5 for printing, the printing mechanism 5 comprises a printer base 51, a print head 52 and a printing platform 53 arranged on the printer base 51, the printing platform 53 is provided with a front baffle 531, a left baffle 531 and a right baffle 533, which cooperate to form a printing position for positioning the mobile phone shell 100, and the rear side of the printing position is open to facilitate the clamping mechanism 41 to directly insert the clamped mobile phone shell 100 into the printing position, wherein one of the left baffle 531 and the right baffle 533 is elastically connected with the printing platform 53, so that the left baffle 531 and the right baffle 533 can cooperate to elastically clamp the mobile phone shell 100 inserted therein, in the embodiment, the front baffle 531 and the right baffle 533 are preferably fixedly arranged on the printing platform 53, and the left side of the left baffle 531 is elastically connected with a fixing frame 535 arranged on the printing platform 53 through a spring 534, the print head 52 and the printing platform 53 can move relative to the printer base 51, and one of the movement directions is the X-axis direction, and the other is the Y-axis direction, so that the printing range of the print head 52 can cover the mobile phone shell 100 on the printing platform 53.
[0030] The mobile phone shell 100 vending machine provided by the embodiment is convenient for self-service printing. A taking port 11 and a selection device 2 are arranged outside a cabinet 1, a shelf 3, a taking mechanism 4 and a printing mechanism 5 are arranged in the cabinet 1, and the number of storage compartments 31 on the shelf 3 is multiple. Therefore, mobile phone shells 100 of different models can be placed in different storage compartments 31, a consumer can select a mobile phone shell 100 of a required model and a pattern to be printed (or can send a favorite pattern to the selection device 2 or a controller through a mobile phone) through the selection device 2, and then the controller can automatically control the taking mechanism 4 to take out the corresponding mobile phone shell 100 from the shelf 3 according to a set program, send the mobile phone shell 100 to the printing mechanism 5, print the pattern, and then deliver the mobile phone shell 100, so that self-service vending and printing of the mobile phone shell 100 are realized. The front baffle 531, the left baffle 532 and the right baffle 533 are arranged on the printing platform 53, so that a printing position with one side open is formed, the taking mechanism 4 can directly insert the mobile phone shell 100 into the printing position from the opening, one of the left baffle 532 and the right baffle 533 is elastically connected with the printing platform 53, so that the left baffle 532 and the right baffle 533 can cooperate to elastically clamp the mobile phone shell 100 inserted therein, the positioning of the mobile phone shell 100 is realized, and the mobile phone shell 100 of different models and different widths can be conveniently adapted.
[0031] As a preferred scheme of the embodiment, the clamping surface of at least one of the left baffle 531 and the right baffle 533 is provided with an outwardly inclined inclined surface at the position corresponding to the entrance of the printing position. The inclined surface can play a guiding role. When the taking mechanism 4 inserts the mobile phone shell 100 towards the printing position, if the front end of the mobile phone shell 100 is inclined or misaligned with the entrance of the printing position, the inclined surface can guide the mobile phone shell 100 to enter between the left baffle 532 and the right baffle 533.
[0032] As a preferred scheme of the embodiment, the taking mechanism 4 comprises a clamping mechanism 41 capable of clamping the mobile phone shell 100 and a three-axis moving mechanism capable of moving the clamp along the XYZ axis direction. The three-axis moving mechanism comprises an X-axis moving mechanism 42 capable of moving along the left-right direction of the cabinet 1, a Z-axis moving mechanism 43 arranged on the X-axis moving mechanism 42 and capable of moving along the height direction of the cabinet 1, and a Y-axis moving mechanism 44 arranged on the Z-axis moving mechanism 43 and capable of moving along the front-rear direction of the cabinet 1, and the clamping mechanism 41 is installed on the Y-axis moving mechanism 44. In use, the three-axis moving mechanism can take the clamping mechanism 41 to any storage compartment 31 or the printing mechanism 5.
[0033] As a preferred arrangement of the present embodiment, the clamping mechanism 41 comprises two clamping fingers 411 symmetrically arranged and capable of clamping the mobile phone shell 100 inserted into the clamping mechanism 41, and a clamping driving device 412 capable of driving the two clamping fingers 411 to move synchronously towards or away from each other in the left-right direction. In use, the two clamping fingers 411 are driven to move towards each other to clamp the mobile phone shell 100 on both sides of the mobile phone shell 100, so as to clamp the mobile phone shell 100, and then the two clamping fingers 411 are driven to move away from each other to release the mobile phone shell 100 when reaching the set position.
[0034] As a preferred arrangement of the present embodiment, the end clamping surface of each of the two clamping fingers 411 is provided with an outwardly inclined slope, which can guide the mobile phone shell 100 to enter between the two clamping fingers 411 when the mobile phone shell 100 is placed at an angle.
[0035] As a preferred arrangement of the present embodiment, each storage compartment 31 is provided with an inner cavity for placing and stacking a plurality of mobile phone shells 100, and the bottom of the rear side wall of the storage compartment 31 is provided with a draw opening 311 for facilitating the two clamping fingers 411 to extend into and clamp the lowermost mobile phone shell 100 in the storage compartment 31, and the rear side wall of the storage compartment 31 is further provided with an observation window 312 for observing the amount of mobile phone shells 100 in the storage compartment 31. In this arrangement, the draw opening 311 for clamping the lowermost mobile phone shell 100 is arranged at the bottom of the side wall of the storage compartment 31, so that more mobile phone shells 100 can be placed and stacked in the storage compartment 31, thereby greatly increasing the storage capacity of the shelf 3.
[0036] As a preferred arrangement of the embodiment, the shelf 3 is erected in the cabinet 1 and divides the space in the cabinet 1 into two areas, with the pickup opening 11 located at the front side of the shelf 3 and the pickup mechanism 4 located at the back side of the shelf 3. At least one inclined slide 32 is further provided on the shelf 3, which connects the front and back side areas of the shelf 3, with the outlet of the slide 32 being lower and connected to the pickup opening 11. The pickup mechanism 4 can move the printed phone case 100 to the inlet of the slide 32, so that the phone case 100 can be automatically transported to the pickup opening 11 through the slide 32. By providing the slide 32 on the shelf 3, the pickup mechanism 4 only needs to send the phone case 100 to the slide 32 for automatic delivery, without the need to send it to the pickup opening 11, and without the need to additionally provide a delivery channel outside the shelf 3 to occupy space, which facilitates the design of the shelf 3 to occupy or substantially occupy the cabinet 1, so that the space utilization in the cabinet 1 is higher, the structure is more compact, and the number of phone cases 100 that can be accommodated is also larger. Preferably, a buffer channel 33 for slowing down or stopping the falling phone case 100 is provided between the pickup opening 11 and the outlet of the slide 32, so that the phone case 100 falling from the slide 32 can fall into the buffer channel 33, avoiding the phone case 100 from directly rushing out of the pickup opening 11 and falling, and the buffer channel 33 is closed around to prevent hands or foreign objects from extending into the cabinet from the pickup opening 11.
[0037] As a preferred arrangement of the embodiment, the front side of the cabinet 1 is provided with a cabinet door 12, and the front side of the shelf 3 is provided with a plurality of restocking doors 34, each of which covers one or more storage compartments 31. When it is necessary to replenish the phone cases 100 in the storage compartments 31, only the restocking door 34 needs to be pulled open, and the phone cases 100 can be replenished in batches, which can greatly improve the restocking efficiency.
[0038] As a preferred arrangement of the embodiment, the restocking door 34 is provided with a horizontal long hole 341 and a vertical long hole 342 corresponding to each of the storage compartments 31, respectively, wherein the horizontal long hole 341 is located at the bottom of the corresponding storage compartment 31 for observing the model of the internal phone case 100, and the vertical long hole 342 is used for observing the stacking height of the phone cases 100 in the storage compartment 31. One side of the restocking door 34 is hinged to the shelf 3, and the other side is provided with a magnetic attraction structure matched with the shelf 3, so that the corresponding storage compartment 31 can be easily opened or closed. By providing the horizontal long hole 341 and the vertical long hole 342, it is convenient to observe the model of the phone case 100 and the amount of the phone case 100 in the storage compartment 31, and it also prevents other phone cases 100 from falling accidentally when the lowermost phone case 100 is extracted by the clamping mechanism 41.
[0039] As a preferred scheme of the embodiment, the cabinet door 12 is further provided with an exhibition cavity 121, and a plurality of exhibition racks 122 (such as mobile phone cases of various models or printed with different patterns) are arranged in the exhibition cavity 121. A transparent panel 123 is arranged at the front side of the exhibition cavity 121.
[0040] It should be noted that the selection device, X-axis moving mechanism, Z-axis moving mechanism, Y-axis moving mechanism, printer base and printing head in the patent can be selected from the prior art in the field, and the structure and working principle thereof are not further described and limited in the patent, but it does not affect the understanding and implementation of the patent by the person skilled in the art.
[0041] The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the application and the explanation of the applied technical principles. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the utility model range involved in the application is not limited to the technical solutions formed by the specific combination of the above technical features, and also covers other technical solutions formed by the combination of the above technical features or equivalent features without departing from the utility model concept. For example, the technical solutions formed by the mutual replacement of the above features and the technical features disclosed in the application (but not limited to) having similar functions.
Claims
1. A self-service mobile phone case vending machine, characterized in that, The device includes a cabinet with a retrieval port and a purchasing device. Inside the cabinet are shelves, a retrieval mechanism for picking up and moving phone cases, and a printing mechanism for printing on the phone cases. It also includes a controller. The purchasing device is connected to the controller and can input purchase information and / or payment information. The controller is connected to the retrieval mechanism and the printing mechanism and can control their automatic operation. The shelves have several storage compartments for placing phone cases. The retrieval mechanism can remove a phone case from any storage compartment and move it to the printing mechanism for printing. The printing mechanism includes a printer base, a print head, and a printing platform mounted on the printer base. The printing platform has a front baffle, a left baffle, and a right baffle, which cooperate to form a printing position for positioning the phone case. The rear opening of the printing position allows the retrieval mechanism to directly insert the phone case into the printing position. One of the left and right baffles is elastically connected to the printing platform so that the left and right baffles can elastically clamp the inserted phone case. At least one of the print head and the printing platform can move relative to the printer base so that the printing range of the print head can cover the phone case in the printing position.
2. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The front baffle and the right baffle are fixedly mounted on the printing platform. The left side of the left baffle is elastically connected to the fixing frame mounted on the printing platform by a spring. At least one of the left baffle and the right baffle has an outwardly inclined slope on its clamping surface at the corresponding printing position entrance.
3. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The picking mechanism includes a gripping mechanism capable of gripping the phone case and a three-axis moving mechanism capable of moving the gripper along the XYZ axis.
4. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The clamping mechanism includes two clamping fingers that are symmetrically arranged on the left and right and can be inserted into the bottommost mobile phone case in the storage compartment to clamp the mobile phone case, and a clamping drive device that can drive the two clamping fingers to move synchronously towards each other or backwards in the left and right direction.
5. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, Both of the clamping fingers have outwardly inclined surfaces on their end clamping surfaces.
6. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The three-axis moving mechanism includes an X-axis moving mechanism that can move along the left and right direction of the cabinet, a Z-axis moving mechanism that is mounted on the X-axis moving mechanism and can move along the height direction of the cabinet, and a Y-axis moving mechanism that is mounted on the Z-axis moving mechanism and can move along the front and back direction of the cabinet. The clamping mechanism is mounted on the Y-axis moving mechanism.
7. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The storage compartment has an inner cavity for stacking several phone cases flat. The bottom of the rear side wall of the storage compartment has a pull-out port for the two fingers to insert and grab the bottom phone case in the storage compartment. The rear side wall of the storage compartment also has an observation window for observing the remaining number of phone cases inside.
8. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The shelf is erected inside the cabinet and divides the cabinet space into front and rear areas. The retrieval port is located on the front side of the shelf, and the retrieval mechanism is located on the rear side of the shelf. The shelf is also equipped with at least one inclined slide, which connects the front and rear areas of the shelf. The exit of the slide is low and connects to the retrieval port. The retrieval mechanism can move the printed mobile phone case to the slide entrance, so that the mobile phone case can be automatically transported to the retrieval port through the slide.
9. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 8, characterized in that, The cabinet has a door on the front side, and the shelf has at least one replenishment door on the front side, each replenishment door covering one or more of the storage compartments.
10. The self-service printing automatic phone case vending machine according to claim 9, characterized in that, The replenishment door has a horizontal elongated hole and a vertical elongated hole corresponding to each of the storage compartments. The horizontal elongated hole is located at the bottom of the corresponding storage compartment to observe the model of the mobile phone case inside, and the vertical elongated hole is used to observe the stacking height of the mobile phone cases inside the storage compartment. One side of the replenishment door is hinged to the shelf, and the other side is provided with a magnetic attraction structure that cooperates with the shelf, so as to open or close the corresponding storage compartment.